The first American in Space was Alan B. Shepard, Jr. on May 5, 1961. He was almost the first man in space, but his flight was 23 days after the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made a single orbit of the Earth.
Shepard was also not the first American to "orbit" the Earth. Shepard's mission was a suborbital flight to test the new Mercury capsule. It was not until February 20, 1962 that an American (John Glenn) completed three orbits of the Earth.
On 12 April 1961,Yuri Gagarin (Soviet cosmonaut) became the first human in space and the first to orbit the Earth. He received many medals from different countries for his pioneering tour in outer space.
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The first person to travel in space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin (1934-1968). His achievement brought prestige to the Soviet Union. Gagarin orbited the Earth in the spaceship Vostok I, which was launched April 12, 1961, in a flight lasting one hour and forty-eight minutes. The achievement made Gagarin an international hero.
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I think it was Yuri Gagarin, a Russian.
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to ever go into space
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to ever go into space. He was a Russian cosmonaut.
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to go to space on April 12 1961 and returned safely.
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RussiaApril 12, 1961: Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space
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Yuri Gagarin was the first person to ever go into space
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to ever go into space. He was a Russian cosmonaut.
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to go to space on April 12 1961 and returned safely.
It was Dennis Tito. He was the first self-funding tourist to go into space for vacation.
she is important to Chicago because she was the first person to go to space Acually No She was not the first person to go to space she was the 4th African American to enter space but the first FEMALE African American to enter space...
It was Yuri Gagarin
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April 1961, Gagarin became the first man to travel into space (:
RussiaApril 12, 1961: Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space
" Guion "Guy" Bluford became the first black person to go into space. He was on the Space Shuttle Challenger's STS 8 mission, launched on August 30, 1983. The first black woman was Mae Jemison. " Guion "Guy" Bluford was NOT the 1st Black Person in space, he WAS the 1st African-American. In 1980, the 1st Black person in space was Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, a Cuban. no the first African American to go into space was guion bluford like the first person said